PC Connection

Manual

You can transfer images and movies captured with a digital camera to your computer and then organize, display, edit, print, and share them by installing the software recorded on the provided CD-ROM to your computer and connecting your digital camera to your computer with the USB cable. This section explains how to install the provided software “ACDSee for PENTAX” and the other necessary preparations for enjoying your digital camera pictures and movies on your computer.

Refer to your manual for the instructions of your computer and OS.

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Software Provided
Windows

•ACDSee for PENTAX 2.0 (Image viewing/editing software) ACD photostitcher (Panorama image editing software) FotoSlate 3.0 (Image layout and printing software)

ACD Showtime! for PENTAX (Movie editing software)

•Windows Media Player

•DirectX

•USB driver for Windows 98/98SE

Macintosh

•ACDSee for PENTAX (Image viewing software)

ACD photostitcher (Panorama image editing software)

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Windows

Step

2

 

 

 

Installing the USB Driver

For Windows98/98SE users, it is necessary to install a USB driver into your computer.

If you are a Windows Me/2000/XP user, turn on your computer first and start from Step 6 in the instruction.

1Turn on your computer.
2Insert the CD-ROM (S-SW35) into your CD-ROM drive.

The PENTAX Software Installer screen is displayed on the desktop.

•If the PENTAX Software Installer screen does not appear

Display the PENTAX Software Installer screen following the steps below.

1)Click [Start], then select [My Computer].

2)Double-click the CD-ROM Drive (S-SW35) icon.

3)Double-click [Setup] (Setup.exe).

3Click your applicable language.

You can choose the languages from the displayed screen. A selection screen to install your desired software is displayed.

4Click [USB Driver] on the Software Installer screen

The InstallShield Wizard screen will appear.

Follow the instruction on the screen.

Complete InstallShield Wizard screen will appear.

5Click [Finish].

Reboot your computer after the screen closes.

Windows Users
Macintosh Users

Step 1

First, check the system requirements for the provided software.

Step 2

Install the USB driver on your PC.

Step 3

Step 3

∗on reverse side

Install the image processing software

Install the image processing software

(ACDSee for PENTAX 2.0) on your

(ACDSee for PENTAX) for

PC.

Macintosh.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Step 4

∗on reverse side

Set up your digital camera for connecting with your computer.

Step 5

∗on reverse side

Step 5

∗on reverse side

Connect the camera and your PC,

Connect the camera and your

and transfer images.

Macintosh, and transfer images.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enjoy viewing and editing images transferred to your computer with the image processing software (ACDSee for PENTAX).

∗For details, see the “ACDSee for PENTAX User Guide” supplied with the software.

6Turn your camera off and plug the provided USB cable into your camera and into an available USB port on your computer.

Confirm that the USB Connection mode is set to [PC] before connecting the USB cable. Default setting is [PC].

7Turn your camera on.

Your computer will automatically detect the camera as new hardware and window will display a notification confirming [Hardware Found : PENTAX OPTIO S5z] (Windows Me/2000/XP) or [Search for the best driver for your device (Recommended)] (Windows 98/98SE) in the task bar recognized area to begin the installation.

8Click [Start], then select [My Computer] (Windows XP).

When using Windows 98/98SE/Me/2000, double-click [My Computer] on the desktop. When the installation is completed, your camera can then be found in the [My Computer] window as [Removable Disk]. Be sure that [Removable Disk] is displayed in the [My Computer] window.

Windows, Macintosh Step 1

System Requirements

Windows System Requirements

•The software cannot be used on Windows 95.

•In order to play movies on Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP, you are required to install Windows Media Player 9.0 or later. (CPU: Pentium4 2.0GHz or higher, or PentiumM 1.0GHz or higher recommended)

•You cannot play movies shot by Optio S5z on Windows 98/NT.

USB connection

•

OS

: Windows 98/98SE/Me/2000/XP (Home Edition/Professional)

 

 

(USB driver must be installed on Windows 98/98SE)

•

USB port must be standard equipment

Application Software
<ACDSee for PENTAX 2.0, ACD photostitcher and FotoSlate 3.0>

(9 languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Chinese [traditional and simplified], Korean, Japanese)

•

OS

: Windows 98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP (Home Edition/Professional)

•

CPU

: Pentium or higher recommended

• Memory

: 64MB minimum

•

Hard Disk space : 40MB minimum

•

Monitor

: Display adapter capable of displaying a minimum of 256 colors

•

Internet Explorer 5.0 or later

∗Some formatted files like MOV-formatted movie files are required to have QuickTime 6.0 or later, DirectX 9.0 or later, Windows Media Player 7.1 or later, to display.

∗To install ACDSee for PENTAX 2.0, Windows Installer Service Version 2.0 may be required.

∗ACD Showtime! for PENTAX is also installed when performing standard installation of ACDSee for PENTAX 2.0 (However, ACD Showtime! for PENTAX cannot be used if system requirements are not met.).

∗Operation is not guaranteed on all PCs meeting the system requirements.

Windows Step 3

Installing the Software

Installing the Image Processing Software (ACDSee for PENTAX 2.0)

This section describes the procedures for installing ACDSee for PENTAX 2.0, which lets you view and edit images transferred to your PC.

•Windows Media Player 7.1 or later must be installed in your PC to install ACDSee for PENTAX 2.0.

•When multiple accounts have been setup in Windows 2000 or Windows XP, log on with an account that has administrative rights before installing the software.

1Turn your PC on.
2Insert the CD-ROM (S-SW35) into the CD-ROM drive.

The PENTAX Software Installer screen appears shortly.

•If the PENTAX Software Installer screen does not appear

Display the PENTAX Software Installer screen following the steps below.

1)Double-click [My Computer] on the desktop.

2)Double-click the [CD-ROM drive (S-SW35)] icon.

3)Double-click [Setup.exe].

3You can choose the languages from the displayed screen.

The software selection screen appears.

4Install Windows Media Player and DirectX.

If Windows Media Player and DirectX are not installed in your PC, install them before installing ACDSee for PENTAX 2.0. Click [Windows media player] or [DirectX®]. Leave other settings at default and click [Next] when the Setup screen appears. When installation is completed, the software selection screen reappears.

<ACD Showtime! for PENTAX>

(6 languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese)

•

OS

: Windows 98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP (Home Edition/Professional)

•

CPU

: Pentium III 500MHz or higher (Pentium4 2.0GHz or higher

 

 

recommended)

• Memory

: 128MB minimum (512MB or higher recommended)

•

Hard Disk space : 50MB minimum

•

Monitor

: Display adapter capable of displaying a minimum of 256 colors

•Internet Explorer 5.0 or later

•QuickTime 6.0 or later

•Windows Media Player 7.1 or later

•DirectX 9.0 or later

The versions of Internet Explorer, Windows Installer Service required for use of ACDSee for PENTAX 2.0 and ACD Showtime! for PENTAX are not included in the provided CD-ROM (S-SW35). These can be downloaded from the following sites and installed.

•Internet Explorer http://www.microsoft.com/ie

•Windows Installer Service http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;292539

Macintosh System Requirements

You cannot play movies shot by OptioS5z on a Macintosh.

USB connection

• OS

: Mac OS 9.2/X (Ver. 10.1, 10.2, 10.3)

•USB port must be standard equipment

∗ Installation of the driver is not necessary.

Application Software

<ACDSee for PENTAX and ACD photostitcher>

(6 languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese)

•

OS

: Mac OS 9.2 or later (requires QuickTime 6 or later and the latest

 

 

version of CarbonLib)

• CPU

: PowerPC 266MHz or higher

• Memory

: 8MB minimum

•

Hard Disk space : 6MB minimum

∗Operation is not guaranteed on all PCs meeting the system requirements.

5Click [ACDSee™].

Follow the on-screen guidance and enter the registration information when the Setup screen appears.

Reboot your PC after installation is finished (Other settings are not necessary during installation).

If your PC is running Windows Media Player earlier than version 7.1, a message such as the one shown on the right may appear during installation.

In this case, follow the instructions below to update Windows Media Player before installing the software.

1Cancel installation of ACDSee for PENTAX.

[Cancel] and click [Finish] when the message appears telling you that the software has been successfully installed.

2Follow 4 in Step 3 to install Windows Media Player first and then reinstall ACDsee for PENTAX2.0.

The panoramic image software “ACD photostitcher”, the image layout and printing software “FotoSlate 3.0”, and the movie editing software “ACD Showtime! for PENTAX” are also installed when you install all program features of ACDSee for PENTAX 2.0 (complete installation).

Even when you complete the installation the icon of “ACD Photostitcher” is not displayed.

If QuickTime and DirectX are not installed in your PC, a message such as the one shown on the right appears when ACDSee for PENTAX 2.0 is run for its first time.

Click [Close] and install DirectX from the [PENTAX Software Installer] screen.

∗If DirectX is not installed in your PC, operation of ACDSee for PENTAX 2.0 is not guaranteed.